Natural Disaster Preparedness in the Clinical Laboratory

Help Mitigate or Minimize Disruption to Patient Care

Natural disasters impact communities and healthcare providers worldwide. The challenges these events present for the clinical laboratory can lead to risks in delivering quality patient care and meeting test turnaround times that clinicians rely on for patient treatment decisions. Understanding the vulnerabilities for your laboratory and having an emergency preparedness plan that encompasses natural disaster response is critical in mitigating or minimizing disruption to patient care.

These myriad challenges include everything from water quality concerns to operating with interrupted connectivity to the laboratory or hospital information systems. In the wake of a disaster, labs face operational strain and inefficient testing workflows. For patients, it can mean delayed treatment or sample recollections. At the institutional level, this impacts everything from resource allocation to overall public health response.

This webinar will provide attendees with actionable strategies for addressing these challenges by using a natural disaster preparedness plan. Featuring real-life natural disaster scenarios from three laboratory leaders, the session will focus on how natural disasters can impact any laboratory and how to proactively prepare for challenges.

Learning Objectives

This webinar will help you:

• Discuss how natural disasters can impact your clinical laboratory
• Explain some applicable steps laboratory personnel can take to be natural disaster-ready
• Discover where to find resources to help your laboratory become more prepared and ready to navigate challenges presented by natural disasters

Fisher Healthcare is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.™ Program. One P.A.C.E.™ credit-hour will be provided for this complimentary basic level program.